Record storage cabinet



y 3 A. WALLACH RECORD STORAGE CABINET Filed May 16, 1951 INVENTOR. ARTHURWAUACH ATTORjSlEYS Patented July 28, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RECORD STORAGE CABINET Arthur Wallach, Cleveland Heights, Ohio Application May 16, 1951, Serial No. 226,684

4 Claims.

This invention relates, as indicated, to a recrd storage cabinet.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a cabinet of the character described having a multiplicity of envelopes for receiving the individual records, which envelopes are pivotally movable from a position wholly within the cabinet to a position outside the cabinet, in which latter position, the records may be easily inserted into and removed from the envelopes.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved support means for the envelopes in their external position, whereby to relieve strains on the records and envelopes, and to minimize wear of the supported edgesof the envelopes.

A further obect of the invention is to provide support means of the character described which are movable from an inoperative position within the cabinet to an operative position outside the cabinet.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for automatically preventing movement of the support means beyond its external or operative position.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a record holding envelope of novel construction facilitating insertion of a record into the envelope.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent during the course of the following description. In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. l is a perspective view of a record storage cabinet, embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view, taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view, taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1, showing the envelope support means;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but showing a modification of the envelope support means, and

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of one of the envelopes.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to 4 and 6 of the drawings, the record storage cabinet will be seen to comprise a box-like structure, formed of sheet metal open at the front, and consisting of a top 5, bottom .2, sides 3 and 4, and a back 5.

The top i is provided with downturned flanges 6 and. l which are spot-welded to the sides 3 and 4 respectively, and with a downturned flange 8 which is spot-welded to the upper rear surface of the back 5. Similarly, the bottom 2 is provided with upturned flanges 9 and ID which are spot-welded to the sides 3 and 4 respectively, and with an upturned flange H which is spot-welded to the lower rear surface of the back 5. The top I is also provided at its forward edge with a rebent flange l2, forming a recess l3 for a purpose to be presently described. The back 5 is provided with flanges M which are spot-welded to the sides 3 and 4 respectively.

The cabinet further includes a plurality of spaced sheet metal dividers l5 and [6, which divide the cabinet into a series of compartments, each divider having a flange H at its lower edge, which is spot-welded to the bottom 2, a flange 8 at its upper edge, which is spot-welded to the top I, and a flange [9 at the rear, which is spot-welded to the back 5. The dividers l5 and I6 extend from the back 5 to points spaced rearwardly from the open front of the cabinet, and

are disposed in parallel relationship with the sides 3 and l. Portions thereof are also removed, as at 29 and 2! (Fig. 2), for a purpose which will be presently explained.

A rod or bar 22 extends through openings in the sides 3 and 4 of the cabinet and through openings in the dividers l5 and I6 which are in alignment with said side openings and are disposed adjacent the lower front corners of the dividers. This rod or bar 22 is retained in position by means of nuts 23 threadedly secured to the ends of the rod.

The rod or bar .22 also extends through eyelets 24 (Fig. 6) adjacent the apices of record holders or envelopes 25, which are of generally triangular form, and which serve as individual receptacles for the records or phonograph discs R.

Each envelope is formed from a heavy kraft paper or board, and consists of sides 26 and 21, connected integrally with each other at the front edges, the side 2'! having flanges 28, 29 and 30 folded over into engagement with the marginal outer portions of the side 26 and adhesively secured to the latter. An important feature of this envelope resides in the fact that the open edge 3! of the side 26 thereof is spaced about A, of an inch from the open edge 32 of the side 21 thereof, thus providing an exposed surface 33 at the slit or entry edge, which greatly facilitates insertion of a record into the envelope through this slit.

The envelopes, by virtue of the passage of the rod. 22 through the eyelets 24 thereof, are pivotally movable from the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 1, in which position a record may be easily inserted thereinto through the open slit,

The support means, in preferred form, con;

sists of a bar of metal, bent to provldeabody or main support portion 34, and arms 35 and 3fi which are bent at right angles to the body 34 and are supported for reciprocal sliding movementtd wards and away from the cabinet on the-bottom 2, adjacent the sides 3 and 4. The arms 35 and 3;are guided in said sliding movement in guides 31,'for medi pf shet metal and of Z-slrija'ped crosssection, theseguides having flanges'38 which'are spot-Cwelded to the inner surfaces of the sides 145. 7

supporting bar 3 4 is mov'ablefr'om' an inoperative position, within the cabinet, as shown in solidlinesin F igs l, 2 and 3, to the operative position shown in'broken lines in Figs. 1 and 3, in which latterposition it is effective to support the envelopes in adesired manner, so as to facilitate insertion or removal of records, relieve strains duetothe weight of the envelopes and disks, and minimize wear of the supported lower edges of the envelopes. V

In order to permit automatic positioning of the bar 34, at its operative position, as well as to prevent the, bar-from being withdrawn entirely from" the housing, portions of the arms 35 and 36 are rebent toform stops 33 which come into abutment' withflthe rear edges of the guides 3'! to thereby, limit forwardfmovement of the bar 34. Sincethe bar 34, and its arms 35 and 36 are manually movable to an inoperative position, en-

tirelylwithin'the cabinet, said support means does not, in any way, interfere with-shipment of the cabinets'in-containers whichare no larger than would be required for shipment of the cabinets without the support means.

The recess l3, formed'by the flange I2, is designed to receive the forward portion of the bottom 2 of another record storage cabinet superimposed on the one shown, so as to lock the ca'bin'ets intier arrangement.

Op'eningsfill are provided in the top and bottom of each cabinet, adjacent the corners thereof, so that bolts may be inserted through a plurality of cabinets in vertical tier arrangement, for the purpose of locking them together.

Similarly, openings 4! are provided in the sides of each cabinet, adjacent the rear corners thereof, so that rods may be inserted through a plurality of cabinets,,in side-by-side arrangement, for the purpose of locking them together. 'I'he spaces formed by cutting away the corners 2D and Zl of the dividers provide a passageway for such rods;

Where a plurality of cabinets, in side-by-side arrangement, are used, the rod 22 is replaced by a long rod extending through all the cabinets.

It is thus seen that I have provided'arecord cabinet, in which is incorporated novel and improved means for supporting the record envelopes in a desired manner, which can be manufactured and assembled at low cost, which serves its intended function in a highly eificient manner, and in which the support means is easily movable to operative or inoperative position and does not interfere with the shipment or handling of the cabinet. h I

In Figl'5, a modification 'is shown in which the support means 34' is formed from round wire and has its arms 35 slidably movable in housingsor guides 31' of circular cross-section.

It" is to be understood that the form of my invention, herewith shown and described, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that variouschanges in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention, or the scope of ,the subjoi'ned claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In combination with a reedrd cabinet having aiiopenfront, a ro'd'fixedly'secured to said cabinet adjacent said'op'en front and parallel to the plane thereof, a plurality of record-containing envelopes disposed vertically within said cabinet and each pivotally secured to said rod for ro't'ation to a position eiteridrly of: said cabinet, said rod being disposed s'iibs'tantially' adjacent the bottom of said cabinet, and me'aris'foi' supporting said envelopes when said' envelopes are rotated to apcsition exterior-1y ofs'aid cabinet, saiameans comprising a l-shaped supporting member slidably secured to said cabinet for rectilinear'movemerit relatively thereto independently of the movement of said envelopes, the arms of said supporting member being slidably'secured to'the sides of saidcabinet' andth web of said supporting member being coextensive with the open front andmovableto a position forwardly of the open front of said cabinet adjacent the bottom thereof. H 7 v 2. A combination, as defined in claim 1, wherein said supporting member is a rigid bar'havi'ng an envelope-supporting edge.

3. A combination, asdefined in claim 2 wherein the sides of said cabinet have guides secured thereto and the arms of said U-shaped bar' are slidably confined by saidguides and wherein abutments are provided on said arms engageable with said guides to limit movement of said bar.

4. A combination, asdefined in claim 3, wherein said abutments consist of the terminal portions of said arms rebent into the path of linear movement of saidarms; A p I ARTHUR. WALLACH.

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